OpenClaw for HR Teams — Automate Recruiting & People Operations

HR teams face a paradox: their most time-consuming work (candidate screening, onboarding, surveys) is often the most repetitive. OpenClaw automates the repetitive parts so HR professionals can focus on the human element — judgment, relationships, and culture.

What HR Teams Automate with OpenClaw

• Resume screening and candidate ranking
• Interview scheduling coordination
• New employee onboarding checklists and reminders
• Employee pulse surveys and sentiment tracking
• Org chart and headcount reporting

Resume Screening Pipeline

openclaw cron add \
  --name "hex-resume-screen" \
  --schedule "0 9 * * 1-5" \
  --agent main \
  --task "Check ~/hr/applications/ for new resumes added today. For each, evaluate against the job requirements in ~/hr/jd-[role].md: years of experience match, required skills present, deal-breaker missing skills. Score each candidate 1-5 and write a 2-sentence assessment. Save results to ~/hr/screening-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md. Post count to #ops Slack."

Interview Coordination

Ask your agent in Slack:

"Schedule interviews for [Candidate Name] next week.
They need to meet: Engineering lead (Tue/Thu 10-12), Product manager (any weekday 2-4pm),
and CEO (Fri afternoon only).
Check each person's calendar via Google Calendar integration and propose 3 time slots.
Send the options to [candidate email] via email."

Onboarding Automation

openclaw cron add \
  --name "hex-onboarding-tracker" \
  --schedule "0 9 * * 1-5" \
  --agent main \
  --task "Check ~/hr/new-hires.csv for employees in their first 30 days. For each, check which onboarding tasks are complete (from ~/hr/onboarding-[name].md). Send reminder Slack DM for any tasks due today or overdue. Flag any new hires who are behind on day-1 critical items."

Employee Pulse Surveys

openclaw cron add \
  --name "hex-pulse-survey" \
  --schedule "0 10 * * 5" \
  --agent main \
  --task "Send this week's pulse survey to the team Slack channel: 'Quick Friday check-in: Rate your week 1-5. One thing that went well. One thing that could improve. Anonymous — reply in thread.' Collect responses from the thread and save to ~/hr/pulse-$(date +%Y-W%V).md."

Headcount and Org Reporting

openclaw cron add \
  --name "hex-headcount-report" \
  --schedule "0 10 1 * *" \
  --agent main \
  --task "Read the employee roster from ~/hr/employees.csv. Generate monthly headcount report: total headcount, breakdown by department, new hires this month, departures this month, open positions. Post to #ops and save to ~/hr/reports/headcount-$(date +%Y-%m).md."

Job Description Generator

When opening a new position, tell your agent:

"Draft a job description for: Senior Backend Engineer.
Context: 50-person B2B SaaS company, fully remote, competitive salary $150-180K.
Tech stack: Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, TypeScript.
We value: pragmatic problem-solving, clear communication, ownership mentality.
Keep it to 400 words, no corporate jargon. Save to ~/hr/jd-backend-engineer.md"

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